Key Responsibilities: 
•    Ensure medical enquiries are responded to in a high quality, timely manner, and in accordance with applicable standards; establish response documents for frequently asked questions.
•    Provide medical/scientific input into the development and execution of clinical trial or clinical research related activities, including initiation and oversight of clinical studies / clinical research within the respective therapeutic area.
•    Support country strategy for Non-Interventional Studies/Investigator Initiated Trial activities.
•    Coordinate review and approval of medical materials and locally developed promotional materials; ensure medical materials provided from global or region for partner engagement and events are tailored to local needs and reviewed/approved per local/P3 guidelines.
•    Ensure medical insights are provided to cross functional groups, including, but not restricted to: Pharmacovigilance, Regulatory affairs, Market Access, QA, Commercial teams, Brand team and others.
•    Responsible for risk identification and assessment, mitigation planning as well as implementation and monitoring of internal controls within the area of responsibilities.

Essential Requirements: 
•    University degree in life science is mandatory, physician (MD) specializing in internal medicine or rheumatology is highly desirable
•    Validated experience in Medical Manager or Medical Lead roles, preferably within the pharmaceutical industry working with Immunology products for multiple countries
•    Partner engagement
•    Proficient in English & Spanish
•    Cross-functional collaboration and leadership
•    Strategic mindset / agile learning
•    Availability to travel up to 50% of the time across the region

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